Ron DeSantis likes history the same way he likes his voters: White. And straight
Florida Gov. Ron “Don’t Say Gay” DeSantis is once again injecting himself into the classroom by blocking a new Advanced Placement African-American history course in high schools. He claims the Black history course “lacks educational value and is contrary to Florida law.”
“Lacks educational value?” Know what really lacks educational value? DeSantis’ daily MasterClass on political racism and fear-mongering. He’s the boy who cries “Indoctrination!” That’s what lacks educational value.
“We wanna do history,” says DeSantis. “That’s what our standards for Black history are. It’s just cut and dry history … I view it as American history. I don’t view it as separate history. This course on Black history, what’s one of the lessons about? Queer theory. Now, who would say that an important part of Black history is queer theory?”
It’s cute how the Gator Guv tries to justify a racist decision by throwing in some homophobia for good measure. Win, win, grin for his base. And who better to speak to the Black/queer culture in American history than DeSantis?
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Sounds like part of DeSantis’ issue with Black history truth is it’s just too complicated. And thought-provoking. And messy. And difficult to stifle. The governor needs more old-fashioned cut and dry history. Regular history. Vanilla history. White, straight history. Talk about lacking educational value …
Alabama GOP’s ‘divisive concepts’ war on education driven by racism and fear – al.com
DeSantis wants to censor anything he doesn’t like, regardless of its truth or historical significance. Hmmm, that doesn’t sound like education. It sounds like … indoctrination.
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